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Florida Power & Light
St. Lucie, FL
800/334-5483


Florida Power & Light (FPL) is a nationally recognized leader in helping protect plants and wildlife, particularly manatees and sea turtles.

FPL conducts turtle walks to view nesting loggerhead turtles at its FPL St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant on Hutchinson Island.

Walks are held on Friday and Saturday nights in June and July. They begin at 9 p.m. with an orientation and education program.

Activities usually end by midnight but may last longer if the turtle under observation hasn't completed her nesting.

Walks are limited to 50 people, who wait in the auditorium until scouts find a nesting loggerhead. Then everyone is taken by truck to the nearest access gate, so walks to the nesting sites are relatively brief.

A certain number of spaces may be reserved for guests staying at South Hutchinson Island hotels.

Contact information: Make reservations by calling 800-334-5483 (Florida only) beginning on and after May 1.This phone is not answered until reservations for the turtle walks open on May 1.

In addition, check out the brief information available on the FPL website.

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Nesting Loggerhead Turtle copyright M. Timothy O'Keefe www.FloridaWildlifeViewing.com 
Nesting loggerhead turtle